Unforgotten : love and the culture of dementia care in India / by Bianca Brijnath.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brijnath, Bianca, author.

Series:

Life course, culture and aging ; Volume 2.

Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Senile dementia--Patients--Care--India.

Senile dementia.

Senile dementia--Patients--Family relationships--India.

Caregivers--India.

Caregivers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As life expectancy increases in India, the number of people living with dementia will also rise. Yet little is known about how people in India cope with dementia, how relationships and identities change through illness and loss. In addressing this question, this book offers a rich ethnographic account of how middle-class families in urban India care for their relatives with dementia. From the husband who wakes up at 3 am to feed his wife ice-cream to the daughters who gave up employment for seven years to care for their mother with dementia, this book illuminates the local idioms on dementi

Contents:

Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Transliteration; Introduction; 1. Methods and Character Buildingunforgotten; 2. The Diagnostic Process; 3. Therapeutics and Health Seeking; 4. The Economies of Care; 5. Alzheimer's and the Indian Appetite; 6. Stigma and Loneliness in Care; 7. The Journey to Silence; Conclusion 'This is the Time for Romance'; Glossary; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782383550

1782383557

OCLC:

881567477